The Tony Nominations Are In!
The 2018 Tony Awards are celebrating theater and Broadway fans this year. According to reports, Broadway has seen a 14.5 percent increase in gross since last year — that’s worth celebrating!
The ceremony will air June 10 on CBS from Radio City Music Call, hosted by Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban. Check out the nominees:
Best Book of a Musical
“The Band’s Visit”, Itamar Moses
“Frozen”, Jennifer Lee
“Mean Girls”, Tina Fey
“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”, Kyle Jarrow
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
“Angels in America”, Music: Adrian Sutton
“The Band’s Visit”, Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek
“Frozen”, Music & Lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“Mean Girls”, Music: Jeff Richmond; Lyrics: Nell Benjamin
“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”, Music & Lyrics: Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler & Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper & Rob Hyman, John Legend, Panic! at the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I., Domani & Lil’C
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Andrew Garfield, “Angels in America”
Tom Hollander, “Travesties”
Jamie Parker, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
Mark Rylance, “Farinelli and the King”
Denzel Washington, “The Iceman Cometh”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Glenda Jackson, “Three Tall Women”
Condola Rashad, “Saint Joan”
Lauren Ridloff, “Children of a Lesser God”
Amy Schumer, “Meteor Shower”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Lauren Ambrose, “My Fair Lady”
Hailey Kilgore, “Once On This Island”
LaChanze, “Summer”
Katrina Lenk, “The Band’s Visit”
Taylor Louderman, “Mean Girls”
Jessie Mueller, “Carousel”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Anthony Boyle, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
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Michael Cera, “Lobby Hero
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Brian Tyree Henry, “Lobby Hero
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Nathan Lane, “Angels in America”
David Morse, “Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Harry Hadden-Paton, “My Fair Lady”
Joshua Henry, “Carousel”
Tony Shalhoub, “The Band’s Visit”
Ethan Slater, “SpongeBob SquarePants”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Susan Brown, “Angels in America
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Noma Dumezweni, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two ”
Deborah Findlay, “The Children
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Denise Gough, “Angels in America
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Laurie Metcalf, “Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Norbert Leo Butz, “My Fair Lady
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Alexander Gemignani, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
Grey Henson, “Mean Girls”
Gavin Lee, “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
Ari’el Stachel, “The Band’s Visit”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Ariana DeBose, “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical”
Renée Fleming, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
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Lindsay Mendez, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
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Ashley Park, “Mean Girls
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Diana Rigg, “My Fair Lady”
Best Revival of a Play
“Angels in America”
“Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women”
“Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh”
“Lobby Hero”
“Travesties”
Best Musical
“The Band’s Visit”
“Frozen”
“Mean Girls”
‘SpongeBob SquarePants”